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Scientists find surprising clue about Venus' past in its atmosphere
By Victoria Corless published
Scientists found an unexpected ratio of hydrogen to deuterium in Venus' atmosphere, offering clues about the world's past.

NASA's DART asteroid crash really messed up its space rock target
By Victoria Corless published
DART appears to have derailed its asteroid target from its normal evolution progress. The impact also made a crater.

The Local Bubble: How our solar system got caught up in a cosmic crime scene
By Paul Sutter published
Reference The Local Bubble is a region of surprisingly low-density gas that surrounds our solar system and other nearby regions of our galaxy — and it has a violent history.

Solar system planets, order and formation: The ultimate guide
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference Explore the eight (or nine) planets of the solar system in order from nearest to the sun and discover the many wonders of our solar system along the way.

Ancient grains of dust from space can be found on Earth − and provide clues about the life cycle of stars
By Sachiko Amari published
Specks of dust known as presolar grains predate our solar system and contain information about stars that died long before our cosmic neighborhood formed.

'Fireflies' help NASA map radiation around Jupiter and its moons
By Victoria Corless published
The first ever 3D radiation map of Jupiter and its moons has been created using low-light cameras aboard the Juno Spacecraft that have been tweaked to operate as radiation detectors.

How can we protect humans on Mars from dangerous solar storm radiation?
By Leonard David published
As space agencies and private companies look toward sending human crews to Mars, they'll have to find ways to mitigate the dangers posed by high-energy radiation from solar storms.

Rare Milky Way star cluster is packed with red supergiants 1 million times brighter than the sun
By Robert Lea published
Many red supergiant monster stars lurk in a Milky Way cluster astronomers have discovered with the Gaia space telescope. The cluster, Barbá 2, could help understand why some stars become black holes.
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